Makaha Beach
my favorite of all the beaches we visited.. still working on putting together the panorama shots i took here. one woman very sweetly offered to let us use her snorkel gear to go out and see the sea turtles near the pink buoy, excitingly telling us how there were several of them and how they were approaching her. one set of gear, rotated between us, constant reassurance to the one without the mask that no sharks were visible, and 30 minutes later, we were as close to the pink buoy as we were going to get. (i couldnt bring myself to actually touch it, but we were about 5 feet away.) no sea turtles were visible in the crater-like reef, but there were plenty of quirky fish; one doing the underwater version of skipping, with a tiny friend or two following closely behind. striped yellow fish were closer to the surface, taking advantage, maybe, of the warmer water. the brain coral glowed ghostly beneath me, probably as deep as 30-40 feet, and i saw a fish with an electric blue head and maroon body zip into a hole when he saw my shadow.





can't see the pink buoy? yeah, it was pretty far.